The 17th Phnom Penh Photo Festival 2026, themed “Home Is Wherever We Are,” presents historical and contemporary photography at 11 venues in Phnom Penh and surrounding areas, inviting the public to explore family, identity and belonging through the lens.
This year’s festival brings together works by artists from different countries, presenting the connections between people and their homeland, loved ones, communities and memories of life. It explores how people can preserve their emotional ties to home while moving into the world and beginning a new life.
This year’s festival adopts a collaborative curatorial model, with curators and professionals from Cambodia, France, Switzerland and Singapore working together to bring audiences diverse cultural perspectives and further promote international exchange in photographic art.
Venues include the French Embassy in Cambodia, the Institut français du Cambodge, Techo International Airport, the National Museum of Cambodia and the Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, among 11 cultural and public spaces, bringing photographic art into everyday city life.
Notably, this year’s festival is also one of the events marking the 200th anniversary of photography launched by the French Ministry of Culture. Coinciding with the 20th Summit of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie in Cambodia, it provides a platform for exchange between local and international art communities, enabling more people to experience notions of “home” and belonging in different cultures through photography.
